Haemothorax
- Blood in the thoracic cavity pleural space
- Usually in association with a chest wall injury
- Reduced air entry and stoney dull percussion note on the affected side
- Not as compromised, either respiratory or haemodynamically, as a massive haemothorax
- ABCDE
- Oxygen
- Transfer to the Emergency Department as soon as possible
Pictorial representation of a haemothorax